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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by renzev@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world
 
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[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 108 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It is pretty ingenious (and evil) the way they made the Chromium logo look like the shitty off-brand diet version of Chrome.

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

I wonder if chromium having the blue colors is what set the precedent for almost every other privacy-conscious browser to have a blue logo (Waterfox, GNU Icecat, palemoon, librewolf...)

EDIT on second though probably not, blue just seems like a good color for internet-related applications. Safari, edge, and internet explorer are also blue!

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

For years I've seen blue as a social media color and stayed away. A beautiful peaceful color ruined by Facebook and its ilk

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[–] yggdar@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

As others already said, Chromium definitely isn't the first or only one to use a blue logo. There is a theory that colours influence the way we perceive a brand, for example this article explains that idea.

Blue is supposed to convey trustworthiness and maturity. A lot of companies like that, so you tend to see a lot of blue.

You may also be experiencing the frequency illusion. If you specifically noticed the blue in Chromium's logo, it would make sense that you suddenly started noticing the blue in other logos as well!

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[–] XEAL@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

And no API keys included on the Windows version of Chromium...

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 99 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Firefox logo looks better anyway.

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[–] erranto@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't blame the users here, remember from 2008 to 2012 where chrome ads where plastered on every website. Google knew what it was doing spreading its Trojan horse. I wouldn't have known about the existence of chromium if I wasn't lurking of privacy forums, blame google this time.

[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Back then chrome was useful tho. Faster than any competition.

Now, while it's still fast, it's so. Fekkin. Hungry.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I want my browser to be hungry. I'd rather have it using the memory for sites than have the sites reload when I switch tabs. I want it to be fast on all things.

This is not exclusive to Chrome. No matter what I use, I want it to be running from RAM and not have to swap or reload anything. Even things on my phone. I absolutely hate when I'm in the middle of multitasking on my phone and I go back to some information and the app has been unloaded and needs to load from scratch again (sometimes requiring a login to view the information I had previously retrieved).

That being said, I load everything I own up with about as much RAM as I can, and I buy devices with more RAM than I think I'll need. Generally when considering an upgrade to my current cellphone, I'm looking at the RAM of the new phone and considering if the increased amount justifies the work and cost involved with changing phones (if there's an increase at all). Since RAM will be the most significant factor in whether or not something can keep up with me.

My main PC has 64G, my laptop has 32G, and I believe right now, my current phone has 8G. It may be time to upgrade my phone....

[–] Mesophar@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not 96gb or 128gb on your pc?

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

It wasn’t, people were using out dated explorer versions and up to date Chrome was faster

Luckily Microsoft learned from Google that you can’t leave updates up to the user

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Love the legend at the bottom!

[–] Ethanol@pawb.social 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the hecking pepper brush from GIMP at the end got me laughing!

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

It's like a little trophy that we get the privilege of using as a reward for mastering GIMP's admittedly beginner-hostile interface

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nice job on the half chrome logo on the second panel

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thank you! You noticed! I like to put that extra little bit of effort into my memes to make them stand out

[–] macaroni1556@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Green Is My Pepper 👌

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

when i was in high school chrome had lots of school restrictions but chromium didnt. life saver for me, guy who did nothing in high school

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Schools IT departments all over the world are doing society a massive favor by indirectly teaching children how to bypass censorship. 80% of what I know about IP and NAT came from finding different ways to bypass my school's firewall haha

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[–] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Or use Firefox, a browser not made by the same guys who want to create a monopoly on web browsers.

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[–] DreadPirateShawn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Well they marketed it heavily and this is the result.

Also no one is a loser for using a piece of software.

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[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 13 points 11 months ago

I love how the Chrome logo is literally a camera shutter looking at you, with Chromium the same but in camo. Really gets the message across.

[–] woodgen@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Good luck finding a Chromium build for non Linux based systems. Not that I would be affected by that.

[–] itscozydownhere@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I tried to download Chromium but it's a mess. No way a regular user will be able to download and install it. The will to do it will fade pretty quickly

[–] averyfalken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I go to the software center, search chromuim, click install. Its that easy for Linux mint users

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[–] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (8 children)
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[–] fouloleron@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why is Elmo standing in for Cookie Monster?

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Huh? Wasn't this always how this template looked like? I found it by ducking (is that what we call it?) "elmo cocaine meme template", meanwhile "coockie monster cocaine meme template" returns nothing relevant...

EDIT: Are you making a joke about cookies that I am too dumb to understand?

[–] fouloleron@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've never seen the meme before, my bad. I thought it was supposed to be cookie monster munching, not Elmo snorting!

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[–] walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So... Chrome is for exhibitionists?

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